In Unit 3, we are looking at the play A Raisin in the Sun and
various film adaptations of the play. In many ways, the things we
discussed in Unit 1 are relevant here, such as summary, analysis,
arguing a thesis, and using concrete details. However, we are
going to be looking at these films a little differently than how you
analyzed your topic in Unit 1. In this unit, you'll be comparing,
contrasting, and analyzing a film adaptation and it's original
source material.
To do that, it's useful to understand how plays, literature, stage
performances and films are different from one another. Using the
handouts on drama and literature, compose a post comparing and
contrasting the genre characteristics of plays. How are they
similar and different from literature? How is a play used to adapt a
story for the stage or film? How are stage productions and films
similar and different?
Drama
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Time period, it was written
playwright’s biography
Contemporaneous
The language of the play
-focus on words phrases, lines or, scenes.
Setting
Plot
Themes
Characters
The “play” can be the written script or the stage performance
Productions
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Literature
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No conclusion
Evidence
Literature = written text
Gene ‘ poetry fiction nonfiction
To do that, it's useful to understand how plays, literature, stage
performances and films are different from one another. Using the
handouts on drama and literature, compose a post comparing and
contrasting the genre characteristics of plays.
How are they similar and different from literature?
Same
Plays and films are the live performance of literature. They take the written text, a “script”, and turn it
into something you can see. They share the elements such as setting, plot, themes and characters.
Different
Literature is a collection of written work.
How is a play used to adapt a story for the stage or film?
REWRITTEN: Why would you change a written script into a watchable film or play?
Written plays are very long and boring and needed a make over. They change it to apply to a live
audiences for acting, costumes, and visuals that help get the audience’s attention.
Plays was be
Plays are able to adapt and evolve throughout generations by using their important contexts.
How are stage productions and films similar and different?
(REWRITTEN: Why would it be different to see a play live on stage than watch a movie on a screen?)
Same
Films and stage productions
Different
Films are motion picture usually seen on a device. Films take place in a big movie production studio or
somewhere where there is camera crew to shoot the film.
Stage productions is a performance that are in person round a crowd. They can have strange features
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